[serverguy]

Hmmm... I like the look of that lorry. Looks far more fun to drive than any other incy wincy cars

[Bubba]

Originally Posted by SimonTrucker

Thanks Bubba.
Happily I'm not so old that my reactions have slowed enough for me to need to downgrade to a Harley, yet .

Just damn. Ya'll Europeans just don't know what riding a bike is all about........ when you get there at the speed of light on your rice rocket, tell them I'll be there in a minute in style.... they'll hear me coming. LOL.

EDIT: Oh and what Server said about that truck. (A lorry IS what we Yanks call a truck right?)

Sounds like you know your way around a wrench. nice trait for someone on a computer forum. You've done a nice job on that puppy.

Glas: I'm jealous. I live in Atlanta and we have NO reliable mass transit. LOL 22,000 on a 3 year old car? I cover stockcar racing for a website, I average more than 1500 miles a week...............

[SimonTrucker]

Originally Posted by Bubba

Just damn. Ya'll Europeans just don't know what riding a bike is all about........ when you get there at the speed of light on your rice rocket, tell them I'll be there in a minute in style.... they'll hear me coming. LOL.

EDIT: Oh and what Server said about that truck. (A lorry IS what we Yanks call a truck right?)

Sounds like you know your way around a wrench. nice trait for someone on a computer forum. You've done a nice job on that puppy.

That depends on if the truck your talking about is a lorry, or if its a pick-up, Bubba.

I call my Merc Actros lorry, a truck.
But I keep reading and hearing about trucks when what they mean is a pick-up.

I've been driving that Actros for almost 3 years, I got it new with 899 on the clock. When I parked up in the yard on Thursday it had just under 300,000 on the clock. I'll take it over that next week.
So far it's run pretty well, no major problems and nothings fallen off.
We usually run at 38 tonnes, about 90,000lbs I think that is.
Anywhere else in the UK, my truck would be run at 44 tonnes, about 96,000lbs.
Thats max gross weight (truck and load, if you didn't know and wondered what I'm on about)
Unfortunately, in Europe, we have to have a speed limiter which has to be set not to allow a powered speed of more than 90 km/h or 56 miles per hour.

[katana]

wow. only 90km/h.
semi's and b-doubles are supposed to limited to 100km/h in Aus. (not sure about road trains)
but any of the guys that do intersate take that off, seen a video of my uncle doing 140km/h (87 mph) at 3am in a semi (450hp W.Star) and a b-double came flying past him at around 160km/h (100mph). hard to believe something over between 50 and 80 tonnes can move so quick.

are there many b-doubles, b-triples or road trains around europe of america? some get close to 200 tonnes over here, thats almost 440,000lbs

[serverguy]

Originally Posted by katana

wow. only 90km/h.
semi's and b-doubles are supposed to limited to 100km/h in Aus. (not sure about road trains)
but any of the guys that do intersate take that off, seen a video of my uncle doing 140km/h (87 mph) at 3am in a semi (450hp W.Star) and a b-double came flying past him at around 160km/h (100mph). hard to believe something over between 50 and 80 tonnes can move so quick.

are there many b-doubles, b-triples or road trains around europe of america? some get close to 200 tonnes over here, thats almost 440,000lbs

Erm I don't think road trains would me much use round here..

We have trouble getting 44 tonners around the lanes, let alone a road train!

[Glaswegian]

Originally Posted by Bubba

Glas: I'm jealous. I live in Atlanta and we have NO reliable mass transit. LOL 22,000 on a 3 year old car? I cover stockcar racing for a website, I average more than 1500 miles a week...............

Yeah, local train service is actually pretty good. I'm only about 8 miles south of the city centre, so the train takes about 15 minutes. I'm 10 minutes walk from the station and 5 minutes walk to my office, so total travelling time is 30 minutes.

They've made driving in Glasgow city centre nearly impossible these days - all bus lanes and one way streets - I only rarely drive in town...

[SimonTrucker]

Originally Posted by serverguy

Erm I don't think road trains would me much use round here..

We have trouble getting 44 tonners around the lanes, let alone a road train!

Close serverguy, but no coconut .
Holland, Belgium, France and Germany have been experimenting with 25.25metre long trucks, called LHVs (Longer Heavier Vehicles ) for several years. Our standard 44t artic trucks are 16.5 metres by the way.
There was a proposal by two UK companies, who had already built experimental LHVs, suitable for trials on UK trunk roads.

YouTube - Denby Eco Link Truck

YouTube - Denby Eco Link Truck

- a link to a youtube video of the Denby set up. The other company was Stan Robinson.
The UKs Department of Transport refused to even allow a very limited experiment, let alone proper trials.
These could only be used on major trunk roads and motorways.